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DEPRIVATION

The removal or denial of something or the reduction of access to a reinforcer.

DERAILMENT OF VOLITION

An indecisiveness where goals are replaced by irrelevant impulses and contradictory wishes.

DERMO-OPTICAL PERCEPTION (DOP)

Ability to see and identify colour by touch. Also called cutaneous perception of colour.

DESIGN FLUENCY TEST

A group of tests that are time limited and need to draw figures or remodel lines to make shapes. Also

DESTRUDO

The energy that is associated with Thanatos, the instinct to deter death rather than Eros the life instinct. See mortido.

DETERMINER

Linguistics. Word with a noun or pronoun limiting ot determining its reference.

DEVELOPMENT

The progressive series of change in something.

DEVELOPMENTAL SCALE

Is used to assess the degree of progress by typical milestones.

DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST (DST)

Testing the ability of dexamethasone in inhibiting secretions that suppress cortisol levels in the blood.

DIACHRONIC LINGUISTICS

Study of languages and how they change over time.

DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOR THERAPY

Flexible therapy combining principles of behaviour therapy, cognitive and mindfulness behaviours.

DIAZEPAM-BINDING INHIBITOR

A neuropeptide that binds to receptors for benzodiazepines.

DIENCEPHALIC AMNESIA

Amnesia caused by a lesion on the diencephalon.

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS

1. Process of deciding which of 2 diseases are showing overlapping systems. 2. Distinction between 2 or more similar conditions

DIFFICULTY VALUE

The difficulty of a test item related to the number of people who give the correct answer.

DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY

Used to see blood vessels injected with dye.

DIMETHYL KETONE, ACETYLCHOLINE (ACH)

A neurotransmitter that excites synapses between motor neurons and muscles.

DIPLOPIA

Visual disorder where the eyes see separately and simultaneously. See double vision.

DIRECTED MOVEMENT

Movement toward a goal.